REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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Carrots. 



Yield of carrots, sown on very deeply fall ploughed land, millet stubble ; barnyard 

 manure applied in the fall ; flat drills 18 inches apart. The first plots were sown on 

 8th May, the second series on 15th May and the third 22nd May, and all were pulled 

 22nd September. The yields have been calculated from the product of one row 66 feet 

 long. 



Name of Variety. 



Yield per Acre. 



1st Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 

 16 120 

 14 600 

 14 600 

 13 840 

 13 400 



Half Long White 



Improved Short White 



Mammoth White Intermediate 



Improved Half Long White 



St. Valery 



White Belgian 11 1,320 



Guerande 11 440 



Giant Short White Vosges 11 



Carters Orange Giant 11 



Half Long Stump rooted i 10 680 



Early Gem j 9 1,800 



Iverson's Champion j 9 920 



2nd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



15 800 



14 160 



14 160 



13 400 



6 1,200 



9 40 



10 1,120 



10 680 



10 680 



6 1,640 



9 40 



9 40 



3rd Plot. 



Tons. Lbs. 



7 1,400 

 9 1,580 



8 500 

 10 680 



4 1,020 

 8 1,160 



8 1,380 



9 40 



5 560 

 3 820 



6 1,200 



7 80 



3rd Plot. 



Bus. Lbs. 



256 40 



326 20 

 275 



344 40 



150 20 

 286 



289 40 



300 40 

 176 



113 40 

 220 



234 40 



Carrots — General average for the three sowings. 



Sowing of May 8 



" 15 



" " 22 



Average per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



405 10 



356 53 



247 4S 



8c- 20 



